#positive-mindset

"Friendship vs. Love [10w] Friendship requires poise and patience;love demands pluck and perseverance."

"Let's Face It [10w] If you've peed on enough fire hydrants, you're a dog."

"What is Love? [10w] Love is the stubborn desire to find permanencein impermanence."

"No Planning for Death [10w] People put more planning into a weekend vacation than death."

"Earth Smile The lip of the mountain smiles ochrewhen the drumming raindrops take root.Pigments from yellow to deep orange to brown,form crowns of light, mirrors reflecting fire ~the ire in the earth, the smirk of the dirt."

"Poets, Shakespeare and Trash A poet must read equal amountsof trash and Shakespeare to learn how to distinguish between the two."

"Retail [10w] The first and last sale of the day are best."

"Nevada Haiku 'Happens in Vegasstays in Vegas', long as youpay hos to shut up."

"Barnum & Bailey Circus: The Greatest Show on Earth... ...when you can't afford Cirque du Soleil."

"Fighting For Your Life [10w] 'Everything will be alright,'doesn't mean we stop the fight."

"Broken [10w] + {Couplet} "His gifts have become broken things, hidden from my view,Sitting on a shelf, above my shoes, like exterminated Jews."

"Writer's Block [10w] Every writer's block is surrounded by a million other possibilities."

"Man vs. Chimp Even chimpanzees are toolmakers,but only man has the unique honor of being a Godmaker."

"Entrepreneurs [10w] A man should be judged by the companyhe sells."

"Myself [10w] "I don't really know myself;he's only a tenuous acquaintance."

"War [10w] Fight wars not to win, but so our enemies don't."

"A Voice from the Past A book is a voice from the past whispering into your ear.Sometime I get the urge to exhume the author's bodyand hit him in the head with a shovel."

"Comfort Zone Your comfort zone has a clock on it, ticking off until it becomes your death zone."

"Closets Opening and Closing [10w] + [10w] You can take sweet gay men out of the closet;you can't take the closet out of the master-bedroom suite."

"Whose Asphalt Is It? [10w] The road to mediocrity is paved with asphalt and tarmac."